Showing posts with label Modern Curriculum Press. Show all posts
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Friday, October 21, 2011

MFW Adventures, Week 8

Another wonderful week! Time just seems to be flying by! Thanks for stopping by.

Bible:

Verses:
  • Memory Verse: Matthew 7:24
    Matthew 7:24-27
  • Psalm 94:22
  • Psalm 95:1-5

Songs we sang:
  • Rock of Ages
  • On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand
  • The Wise Man Built His House Upon the Rock

What we learned and rediscovered:
  • Jesus the Rock
  • He's strong, can't be broken, can't be moved or pushed around, and is never bothered by the storms of life or distractions.
  • About the man who built his house upon the rock. We should build our life on the Rock (Jesus) by listening and obeying to him. 
  • If we build our house on the sand, when the storms or problems come...our house will fall apart or our life will fall apart.
    Where do you go when you need a safe place? You go to God which is everywhere.
  • We learned about singing to God and that He loves when we do that.

Reading his Bible

We added this to his "Names of Jesus" poster.


Bible verse memorization worksheet which can be found here. His drawing is of a rock with a house on it. There's a storm and waters rising and wild which washed the house on the sand away. You can see the little man floating on a piece of the house that broke away. lol



History/Geography:

  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Benjamin Franklin, printer
  • Poor Richard's Almanack
  • His quotes
  • Benjamin Franklin as a young boy
  • How he saved money
  • How he discovered electricity
  • How so many people respected him
  • His life and his accomplishments



His notebooking page for Benjamin Franklin. He drew a metal rod (nail) with lightning striking it.

We added our Benjamin Franklin timeline piece.


Science:

  • What the Earth is made of
  • Layers of the Earth
  • What happens inside the Earth (earthquakes, volcanoes, etc.)
  • Rocks and minerals
  • Earth: less than 1/3 land, more than 2/3 water






We did this experiment.


This experiment is to see how the magma or liquid rock in the mantle moves around. See the swirls! The colored water is boiling hot water. The water in the coffee pot is cold water.


Then he wanted to do it again! I love that he's really enjoying this. This time we used green and much more to make it darker and easier to see.

Take a look at the green, it is all on the top...they bottom half is the clear, cold water. We talked about how hot/warm rises and cold sinks.

Feeling the top of the pot. It's warm!


Feeling the bottom. It's cold!

Inside Our Planet book, you can find it here.
You can find this here.




Art:

Having fun!

Drawing objects in our home.

Here's one object

Here's the other

I joined in the fun.





Other happenings:


The dreaded math!

Spelling test...we are still using Rod & Staff

His calendar book

Just a quick look at our wall calendar

Saturday, October 15, 2011

MFW Adventures, Week 7

Another fun week! We learned lots again this week and did lots of crafts!

Bible:

Bible verses we learned:
  • Memory Verse: John 6:35
  • 1 Kings 17:8-16
  • Luke 22:7-20
What we learned:
  • We learned about Elijah and the woman that was faithful to the Lord and what happened when she chose to obey Him.
  • Learned more about Communion (Last Supper) and what it means to us and why we do it.
  • Unleavened bread vs. yeast bread
  • Yeast symbolizes sin
We were supposed to make a napkin holder but our napkins are on a roll. So, I changed things up a bit and he made this to hang on a door knob or his ceiling fan chain. This is one side.

This is the other side.

History/Geography:
  • He learned about the Great Lakes (H.O.M.E.S.)
  • Pioneers from France
  • Traveling by canoe (birch bark canoes)
  • Friendships with Indians
  • Wax dolls
  • Peace pipes
  • Detroit
 We also finished up The Courage of Sarah Noble.


I found this worksheet here.

I found this worksheet here.

Making a canoe.






Science:

  • We learned about flour, water, oil, and dough.
  • Bread




This is the "MEAN" kneader! lol He's making play-doh!



Other happenings this week:
I love my baby, too! And yes, I realize he spelled Mommy wrong. We talked about it.


What's he up to now?

Ahhhhh....isn't he the sweetest! I love you, too, son!

Working on math.


He's starting to like drawing.


This is Dotty!!! We had to put her up for a minute or two while we tended to our corn.

Early, early morning! At least Daddy was nice enough to fix him some chocolate milk.


I decided to join him in his art efforts. We had a lot of fun!

Again...I joined in!


He named his characters.

More math!


Homemade sugar cookies and my husband's favorite, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies...they were almost gone at this point.


Working on alphabetizing


Talking about the Bible verses and what God says about courage, strength, and bravery after finishing up The Courage of Sarah Noble.